Meet Minerva Tantoco - innovator, inventor, startup founder, investor, pioneer in mobile technology, and a frequent speaker on AI, blockchain, and fintech trends.
Before stepping into the world of entrepreneurship, Minerva served as New York City’s first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO, she helped launch groundbreaking initiatives in smart city policy and government tech. With the global population expected to increase by 33% in the next 30 years, and with 70% of those people living in urban areas, cities need to take advantage of technology and technical talent to support sustainable growth and maintain a competitive edge.
Recently, she was a co-founder of Grasshopper Bank, the first digital commercial bank to receive a national bank charter. As CTO, she supported the bank's efforts to deliver cloud-based banking solutions and financial services that enable the leadership of innovative, emerging, and established companies to more efficiently address the day-to-day challenges of their financial operations. Despite the recent high-profile breach of Capital One, banks are rapidly adopting cloud technology. The world’s largest banks are cutting technology costs by 25% by the use of cloud technology, and Tantoco has been a pioneer in the space.